At an earlier court hearing, prosecutors said Mr Wright was also involved in a number of other fund-raising operations around the country including Callum's Appeal, for a young boy with cancer calledCallum Kaye; Appeal4Jessica for a young girl called Jessica Magnus who had a rare form of cancer. And Marni's Appeal which was set up to support the treatment of Armani Mohammed – a young boy with cancer.

The charities were run on behalf of a number of children across the country – including one child who was living in Nottingham at the time of the alleged offences.